R2N Education Committee Meeting
2019-01-15 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Detroit) | Region 2 North Office, 1000 W. University Dr. Ste 203, Rochester, MI, 48307, United States
Meeting for the R2N Education Committee members

R2N Pharmacy Committee Phone Call only Meeting
2019-01-17 09:00 - 09:30 | MI
R2N Pharmacy Committee meeting to discuss the R2N Black Box contents

R2N Home Health and Hospice Workgroup Meeting - MISD Room 202
2019-01-18 13:00 - 16:00 | Macomb Interemediate School District, 44001 Garfield Road, Clinton Township, MI, United States
This is a regurlarly scheuled meeting of the Region 2 North Healthcare Coalition Home Health and Hospice Workgroup. The focus of this meeting will be Incident Command training. At the conclusion of the training attenders will have the information necessary to pass several online NIMS exams.
The presenter for this meeting is Shannon Tanniru. She is a Public Health Preparedness Specialist with the Macomb County Health Department. The presentation will include information necessary to pass IS 100, 200, 700 & 800. The presentation will also include sample test questions.
Please plan to attend and share information about this training with others in your field.
Register today!! See you there!! Registration Link
If you have any questions please call David Vinson at (248) 759-4748 or (586) 623-1612 (Cell)

R2N Long Term Care Workgroup Meeting - MISD Room 104
2019-01-25 13:00 - 16:00 | Macomb Interemediate School District, 44001 Garfield Road, Clinton Township, MI, United States
Registration is now open for the January 25, 2019 Long Term Care Workgroup Meeting. This meeting will have several areas of focus. For this first meeting after the November 8, 2018 Table Top Exercise we will recap the exercise and review the After Action Report. In addition, we will have some time to hear about your in-house exercise. Your peers will benefit greatly from your experiences. Please be prepared to talk briefly about the details of your exercise and the conclusions drawn from it.

Other key elements will be from Janelle Norton who will talk about partnerships with the Oakland County Health Department and from Doris Neumeyer with a presentation on developing a solid Hazard Vulnerability Analysis.

Please plan to attend.

Registration

EMS / Healthcare Provider Symposium
2019-01-26 08:00 - 17:00 | MI
McLaren Macomb Hospital is hosting a free EMS / Healthcare Provider Symposium. See Save the Date flyer below for more information including registration at: mclaren.org/macombEMS
2019 Trauma Symposium Save The Date Flyer

R2N Hospital Committee Meeting - In-Person
2019-02-01 09:00 - 10:30 | Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital, United States

District (Region) 1 RMRC Annual Conference - Resilience in the Face of Adversity
2019-02-05 08:00 - 16:00 | MSU Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
D1RMRC is pleased to announce the “Resilience in the Face of Adversity 17th Annual WMD/CBRNE Symposium”, being held on the campus of Michigan State University at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Complimentary continental breakfast and registration begins at 8:00 a.m.
The symposium goal is to inform participants about the various hazards and emergencies which affect Hospitals and Outpatient Clinical Facilities, Home Health, Hospice, PACE, Pharmacists, First Responders, Local Public Health, Emergency Management, Behavioral Health, Long Term Care, Dialysis, Educators, Federal/State/Local government and community partners.
Registration is on MI-TRAIN at http://www.train.org/mi-train. Course ID:  1081476
Please select YES in your profile settings to receive emails from TRAIN. This will ensure you’ll receive a registration confirmation and updates regarding the symposium.
The steps required to receive emails are login, select your profile, select account, select receive emails.
If don’t have a MI-TRAIN account, follow these instructions:
Log onto http://www.train.org/mi-train. Click on “Create an Account,” fill out the form and review and accept the TRAIN Policies. Depending on your selected affiliate(s), you may have additional information to complete. When you have finished, click “Create Account.”
We encourage you to distribute this information to all appropriate personnel.
Contact Matthew or Maureen at 517-324-4404 if you have any questions.
2019 D1RMRC Symposium Flyer

Advanced Disaster Life Support Course in Region 6
2019-02-07 08:30 - 17:00 | Frauenthal Center for the APerforming Arts, 425 W Western Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Region 6 is holding an Advanced Disaster Life Support Course in Muskegon on Thursday and Friday, February 7-8, 2019. Both days are required. Basic Disaster Life Support is also a pre-requisite. See attached flyer for more information including registration.
Travel reimbursement may be available for R2N participants who are active in the Coalition. Please contact Rick Drummer at 248-759-4748 if interested in the reimbursement.
ADLS February 2019

R2S Basic Disaster Life Support Course
2019-02-07 11:00 - 17:00 | MI
Region 2 South will host a Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) course on February 7, 2019. BDLS is a comprehensive, nationally-standardized family of all-hazards training programs developed by the National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) consortium of academic, state and federal centers.
This six-hour didactic course is designed to develop commonality of approach and language and to improve the care and coordination of response in WMD disaster and public health emergencies. The curriculum includes an overview of the “D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R” paradigm, injuries and responses associated with different types of disasters, an overview of the public health system and the psychosocial aspects of disasters.
BDLS is a pre-requisite for the Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS) – the next course in the NDLS training program. Region 2 South is pleased to announce that we will host one ADLS course in BP1S 2018-2019 as a regional initiative. Information will be distributed once registration opens for the course.
This is a reminder for those of you who have taken this course in previous years, the BDLS certification is valid for 3 years. If you have taken this course prior to 2016, this is a good opportunity to renew an expired certification.
When:
Thursday, February 7, 2019. The course will be conducted from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
* Please plan to arrive around 10:45 a.m. to sign-in and receive course materials.
* Lunch will be a “working lunch” at the first break, which will be around 1:00 p.m.
Where:
The BDLS course will be conducted at Wayne County Community College Downriver College Campus in Taylor: 21000 Northline Road Taylor, MI 48180 in the Ray Mix room.
Please note that this course is being offered free of cost to Region 2 South members and neighboring emergency preparedness partners. This course will be supported 100% by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Cooperative Agreement Award TP17-17010201SUPP18.
Registration
* All students will need to register through the NDLS Foundation web site.
* All students are advised to download the book (hardcover book will not be available) and have an appropriate EPUB compatible reader on their computer or mobile device to view it. (Nook is a free app you can put on your phone/tablet/computer that will read EPUB and PDF. This can be access at: http://www.nook.com/nookapp/ NOTE: EPUB is NOT compatible with Kindle).
* NOTICE : Failure to attend this course after downloading the course textbook may result in Region 2 South charging the course registration fee back to you. Do not download the course textbook if you do not have a firm commitment to attend this course.
* All students will be required to take a pre-test prior to the course. The post-test and evaluations, wrapping up each student’s participation, will also occur online after the course, and are required to attain certification.
Below are the steps needed to register for 2-7-19 Region 2 South BDLS course:
1. If you have never registered on the NDLS Foundation’s web site, you’ll need to create an account at: https://register2.ndlsf.org/login/index.php .
Please keep a record of your username and password to the site, as you’ll need this to register for the course and complete the post-course activities.
1. After you create an account, you’ll immediately receive an email asking you to confirm your registration on the web site. Click on the link in that email to confirm registration.
2. Once you complete step #2, you’ll be logged into the NDLS Foundation’s web site. Paste the following link into your web browser at that time: http://register2.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=2357 . This will take you to the registration page for the course. Click on “Enroll Me”.
1. At this point, you will be presented with the official web page for the course. It is from this page that you MUST complete the pre-course assessment prior to taking the course on 2-7-19. The required book will also be available for download from this site.
It is very important that students register through the NDLS Foundation’s web site, because the book download, the pre-assessment, the post-course test, and the course evaluation are all done online through the online account. Following the completion of these activities, students who pass the course will then be able to print their own certificate directly from the site. Region 2 South will not be able to provide any certificates for this course – you can only receive them from the website.
Nursing, physician, EMS, and pharmacy credits are available for this course.

Region 6 Day Two of ADLS Course (see February 7th calendar item)
2019-02-08 08:30 - 17:00 | Frauenthal Center for the APerforming Arts, 425 W Western Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States

R2N Education Committee Meeting
2019-02-12 14:00 - 15:30 | MI
Meeting for members of the R2N Education Advisory Committee

R2N Operational Planning Committee Meeting
2019-02-13 08:45 - 09:15 | FRONT PAGE
Meeting for members of the R2N Operational Planning Advisory Committee.

R2N Advisory / Planning Board Meeting
2019-02-13 09:30 - 11:00 | FRONT PAGE
Meeting for members of the R2N Advisory / Planning Board. This is an in-person meeting with phone in capability. We will have at least one guest speaker.

Region 3 Basic Disaster Life Support Course
2019-02-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Tuscola County Medical Care Coumminty Business Annex, 1285 Cleaver Road, Caro, MI, 48723
Region 3 is hosting a Basic Disaster Life Support Course. See attached flyer for course information.
BDLS Promotional Flyer 2.20.2018

State Burn Coordination Center Quarterly Meeting
2019-02-26 10:00 - 12:00 | MI
For the Burn Surge Facility representatives and the R2N Staff.

Macomb County MCI Committee Meeting
2019-02-27 10:00 - 12:00 | MI
Monthly meeting for members of the Macomb County Mass Casualty Incident Sub-Committee

MI-MORT Command Staff Meeting
2019-02-28 10:00 - 14:00 | Michigan Funeral Directors Association Office, 2420 Science Pkwy, Okemos, MI, 48864, United States
Meeting for members of the MI-MORT Command Staff

R2N Hospital Committee Meeting Phone Only
2019-03-01 09:00 - 10:00, 2019-04-05 09:00 - 10:00 | MI

Tornado Awareness AWR-326 Course
2019-03-05 08:30 - 16:30 | Oakland County Execuitve Office Building, 2100 Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford, MI
Oakland County is hosting a Tornado Warning one-day course. Registration is required on MI-Train.
See attached flyers for registration and course information.
Tornado AWR326 March 2019 flyer
MI TRAIN Registration Instructions-Tornado Awareness AWR326

Region 3 Cybersecurity Course (first of two days)
2019-03-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Holiday Inn Flint – Grand Blanc Are, 5353 Gateway Centre, Flint, MI, 48507
Region 3 is hosting AWR-136 Essentials of Community Cybersecurity and MGT384 Community Preparedness for Cyber Incidents on March 6-7, 2019.
See attached information for course registration and additional course information.
C16.9003.07 FLYER-MGT-384 Community Prep for Cyber Incidents_secure
Cyber Security Flyer

Region 3 Cybersecurity Course (day two of two - See March 6 for information)
2019-03-07 08:00 - 17:00 | Holiday Inn Flint – Grand Blanc Are, 5353 Gateway Centre, Flint, MI, 48507

R2S Basic Disaster Life Support Course
2019-03-07 11:00 - 17:00 | MI
Region 2 South will host f Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) course on March 7. BDLS is a comprehensive, nationally-standardized family of all-hazards training programs developed by the National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) consortium of academic, state and federal centers. If you have already taken the BDLS course in the last couple of years, please do not sign up for the BDLS 3-7-19 course).
This six-hour didactic course is designed to develop commonality of approach and language and to improve the care and coordination of response in WMD disaster and public health emergencies. The curriculum includes an overview of the “D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R” paradigm, injuries and responses associated with different types of disasters, an overview of the public health system and the psychosocial aspects of disasters.
BDLS is a pre-requisite for the Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS) – the next course in the NDLS training program. Region 2 South is pleased to announce that we will host one ADLS course in BP1S 2018-2019 as a regional initiative. Information will be distributed once registration opens for the course.
This is a reminder for those of you who have taken this course in previous years, the BDLS certification is valid for 3 years. If you have taken this course prior to 2016, this is a good opportunity to renew an expired certification.
When:
Region 2 South is hosting the third and last BDLS courses for BP1S 2018-2019 on Thursday, March 7, 2019. The course will be conducted from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Please plan to arrive around 10:45 a.m. to sign-in and receive course materials.
Lunch will be a “working lunch” at the first break, which will be around 1:00 p.m.

Where:
The BDLS course will be conducted at Wayne County Community College Downriver College Campus in Taylor: 21000 Northline Road Taylor, MI 48180 in the Ray Mix room.
Please note that this course is being offered free of cost to Region 2 South members and neighboring emergency preparedness partners. This course will be supported 100% by the Michigan Department ofHealth and Human Services with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Cooperative Agreement Award TP17-17010201SUPP18.
Registration

All students will need to register through the NDLS Foundation web site.
All students are advised to download the book (hardcover book will not be available) and have an appropriate EPUB compatible reader on their computer or mobile device to view it. (Nook is a free app you can put on your phone/tablet/computer that will read EPUB and PDF. This can be access at: http://www.nook.com/nookapp/ NOTE: EPUB is NOT compatible with Kindle).
NOTICE : Failure to attend this course after downloading the course textbook may result in Region 2 South charging the course registration fee back to you. Do not download the course textbook if you do not have a firm commitment to attend this course.
All students will be required to take a pre-test prior to the course. The post-test and evaluations, wrapping up each student’s participation, will also occur online after the course, and are required to attain certification.

Below are the steps needed to register for 3-7-19 Region 2 South BDLS course:

If you have never registered on the NDLS Foundation’s web site, you’ll need to create an account at: https://register2.ndlsf.org/login/index.php .

Please keep a record of your username and password to the site, as you’ll need this to register for the course and complete the post-course activities.

After you create an account, you’ll immediately receive an email asking you to confirm your registration on the web site. Click on the link in that email to confirm registration.
Once you complete step #2, you’ll be logged into the NDLS Foundation’s web site. Paste the following link into your web browser at that time: http://register2.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=2433 . This will take you to the registration page for the course. Click on “Enroll Me”.
At this point, you will be presented with the official web page for the course. It is from this page that you MUST complete the pre-course assessment prior to taking the course on 3-7-19. The required book will also be available for download from this site.

It is very important that students register through the NDLS Foundation’s web site, because the book download, the pre-assessment, the post-course test, and the course evaluation are all done online through the online account. Following the completion of these activities, students who pass the course will then be able to print their own certificate directly from the site. Region 2 South will not be able to provide any certificates for this course – you can only receive them from the website.
Nursing, physician, EMS, and pharmacy credits are available for this course

R2N Education Committee Meeting
2019-03-12 14:00 - 15:30 | FRONT PAGE
Meeting for members of the R2N Education Committee

R2N Advisory Planning Board Meeting - Phone Call Only
2019-03-13 09:30 - 10:30 | MI
Meeting for the R2N Advisory Planning Board members.

Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events
2019-03-18 09:00 - 11:00 | Oakland County Execuitve Office Building, 2100 Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford, MI
The Oakland County Homeland Security Division is offering a Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events Seminar for healthcare professionals on March 18, 2019. The 2-hour training will provide leadership and employees with current U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guidance and tips from trained law enforcement professionals. This program has been expanded upon to include the latest research from Texas State University / Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) program. The focus of this training is to increase awareness and survival skills. Handout materials, a PowerPoint presentation and new videos will be used as part of the lesson plan.
We recommend all employees complete the following DHS Independent Study on-line course prior to the seminar (no cost involved):
IS-907 Active Shooter: What You Can Do
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS907.asp
This course can be completed in approximately 45 minutes. After successful completion you will receive an email link for a certificate from FEMA, which can be retained for your records.
A FEMA Student Identification (SID) is required to register for and participate in any training provided by FEMA. Go to https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid and click on “Register for a FEMA SID”. You will need this number to complete the IS-907 Active Shooter: What You Can Do training.
This Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events Seminar is being offered to healthcare professionals in Oakland County. This training will be provided at no cost. Seating is limited and registration is required. If you are interested in attending please RSVP to Janelle Norton by emailing nortonj@oakgov.com by March 10, 2019. Training details are listed below:
Date: March 18, 2019
Time: 9AM-11AM
Location: Oakland County Executive Office Building
Conference Center
2100 Pontiac Lake Road
Waterford, MI 48328

Hospital SNS SharePoint Request Exercise
2019-03-20 09:00 - 12:00 | MI
Exercise for the R2N Hospitals on the use of the SNS request process.

R2N Basic Disaster Life Support Course
2019-03-21 08:30 - 14:00 | Macomb Interemediate School District, 44001 Garfield Road, Clinton Township, MI, United States
The Basic Disaster Life Support™ (BDLS®) course is a five hour competency-based, awareness-level course that introduces concepts and principles to prepare health professionals for the management of injuries and illnesses caused by disasters and public health emergencies. The course builds upon, applies, and reinforces information presented in the Core Disaster Life Support® (CDLS®) course. This includes application of core principles and concepts in emergency management and public health as introduced in the CDLS course through the PRE-DISASTER Paradigm™ and DISASTER Paradigm™. The primary focus of the BDLS course is incorporation of an “all-hazards” approach to mass casualty management and population-based care across a broad range of disasters. Measures to ensure and enhance health workforce readiness are emphasized throughout the course. This includes a consistent and scalable approach to workforce protection and casualty management, as well as, mass casualty triage and fatality management.
The Region 2 North Hosted and Funded Course is on March 21, 2019, at the Macomb Intermediate School District, 44001 Garfield Road, Clinton Township, MI 48038, in the Superior Room (enter from the North side of the building). Registration will start at 8:30 AM and the class starts at 9:00 AM. The class should end around 2:00 PM.

When you register, there is pre-work that will take some time with on-line modules. The information is posted on the R2N calendar.

If possible, please bring a laptop computer to assist in the online modules used during the class.

Register at the link below.

http://register2.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=2417
Enrollment Code is: 201903212NBDLS

R2N Long Term Care Meeting
2019-03-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Macomb Intermediate School District Room 103, 44001 Garfield Road, Clinton Township, United States
This is a regularly scheduled meeting of the Region 2 North Healthcare Coalition Long Term Care Workgroup. It will take place on March 22, 2019 at 1:00 PM at the Macomb Intermediate School District (MISD) Building. The primary focus of this meeting will be exercise development to assist you with meeting your CMS Exercise requirements.
The presenter for this meeting is Luke Bowen, Operations Manager for the Macomb County Medical Control Authority. Luke has extensive training and experience in exercise development. His presentation at this meeting will assist you in developing exercises for your facility.
In addition, we will discuss an upcoming Regional Table Top Exercise scheduled to take place in September. The Regional TTX is a kickoff for an exercise in your facility assisting you in meeting your CMS requirements for the year.
Our meeting will include our normal topics and updates as well.
This meeting is approved for 3 NHA Credits for those arriving by the time the meeting begins and remain through the complete meeting.
Register today!! See you there!!
If you have any questions please call David Vinson at (248) 759-4748 or (586) 623-1612 (Cell)
Registration Link

R2N Education Committee Meeting
2019-04-09 14:00 - 15:30 | R2N Office, 19176 Hall Road, Suite 120, Clinton Township, MI, 48038
Monthly meeting of the R2N Education Committee
